hebetude

Example Sentences

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So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

He detested the mob for its human hebetude.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude.

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

There is frequently less mental hebetude or dulness than in ordinary typhoid fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

"A debauched old fellow," says Friedrich; "gone all to hebetude by his labors in that line; agrees always with the last speaker."

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas